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Presidential March Madness

2:06

Chopped! (The Historical Edition)

1:43

Believe it or not! Science and Faith in an Age of Unreason

2:27

Mucking About in the Marsh - Salt Marsh Ecology

2:10

Build a Bike

2:08

Thanksgiving 2017 at Duke

Some Duke students share what they are grateful for ...

Відео

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Spring Breakthrough 2018 Trailer

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Spring Breakthrough 2018 Trailer

2:06

Presidential March Madness

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Utilizing brackets and rankings based on the NCAA’s famed “March Madness” college basketball tournaments, students will examine the successes and failures of each U.S. presidency and draw conclusions on which ones were more successful than others. By the end of the class, each student will possess the skills to more thoroughly scrutinize elected officials-a vital step in one’s development as an...

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Chopped! (The Historical Edition)

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Bobby Flay, Marcus Samuelsson, and Rachel Ray meet history’s best recipes! This course uses the Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library’s unique collection of cookbooks and culinary advertising to explore the culture, politics, and economics of food. Students will read about the cultural history of food from the medieval spice trade and 17th century sugar plantations to Southern pound cake ...

Believe it or not! Science and Faith in an Age of Unreason

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Believe it or not! Science and Faith in an Age of Unreason

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In this course we will explore historical and contemporary voices on what science is, explore the characteristics of pseudoscientific movements, and delve deeper into the apparent and real differences between scientific, experiential, and theological reasoning. We seek an answer to the question of how we can know what is true, and why an answer to this question is essential to bridging the ever...

Mucking About in the Marsh - Salt Marsh Ecology

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Mucking About in the Marsh - Salt Marsh Ecology

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Students in this field course will spend five days at the Duke Marine Lab in Beaufort, NC, exploring the diversity of the coastal wetlands, their ecological functions, and the critical services they provide humans.

2:08

Build a Bike

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In five days we will build a “freedom machine” from scratch! Working with a renowned bicycle framebuilder, students will cut steel, file and prep, fit tubes and lugs, braze it all up, and ready the completed frame for powder coating. …three days down. On the fourth, while the frame is being powder coated, we will go for a leisurely ride (bikes provided), have a picnic, brew some coffee, enjoy a...

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Puppies!

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Puppies tell us so much about ourselves. They can help us answer important questions like, how should we bring up babies? What makes us attractive? Why do others make us feel good? Spending time with puppies will allow us to explore concepts in cognitive neuroscience, veterinary science, evolution, behavioral economics, and more. Come play with some puppies with us.

The Birds & the Bees (Yes, This Is About Sex)

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The Birds & the Bees (Yes, This Is About Sex)

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The Birds & the Bees (Yes, This Is About Sex)

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Risky Business - The Stock Market

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This mini course will explain why firms choose to have their shares traded on the stock exchange and how trading works. You’ll work in teams to create and test your trading strategy. Your team will need to know how to use excel and some basic statistics.

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College: Made in China?

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In an age of nationalism - of Trump, Xi, Modi, and Putin - Western-style liberal arts colleges are, paradoxically, springing up across the world. What’s behind this renaissance and how does it square with the growing anxiety in the U.S. about the value of a college degree? Students will Skype, WeChat, and meet personally with advocates and critics, presidents and protestors, and faculty and stu...

Ad Lib(erty): Connecting Musical Improvisation to American Aesthetics, Commerce, and Politics

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Ad Lib(erty): Connecting Musical Improvisation to American Aesthetics, Commerce, and Politics

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Using the most fundamental tools (the 12-bar blues musical model, a Comic book about music and law, and the Constitution of the United States of America), students will immerse themselves into a universe of ideas that reveal fascinating connections between deeply familiar musical structures and principles presumed to govern everyday citizenry in the USA. By the end of the course, students will ...

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The Inner Work of Leadership

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This is a course about how the activity of leadership and the process of critical reflection can become a package deal. The focus is the inner work of leadership-the practice of being present and able to reflect in the midst of intense, and sometimes contentious action.

The Biology of Popular Science Fiction TV & Movies

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The Biology of Popular Science Fiction TV & Movies

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How is the use of magic inherited among people in the Harry Potter universe? How and why are there so many humanoid species on Star Trek (or planets with plants, for that matter)? How could The Doctor look completely different after regeneration? Come explore the entertaining intersection of science with science fiction and research potential biological explanations to your favorite Science Fic...

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Preventing Violent Extremism in America

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What can individuals, families, communities, and governments do to prevent radicalized violence? David Schanzer, an associate professor of the practice in the Sanford School of Public Policy, takes on this challenging topic in his 2017 Duke Spring Breakthrough course.